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jimmy smith's place in baltimore's history

3rd and Lombardi: Crabtree beats Graham and pulls in the catch at the 3 and turns for the EZ only to have Smith knock the ball loose with an exceptional hit.

4th and Lombardi: the niners get Crabtree (#1 wr) in a one on one matchup with Smith (#3 cb). Its the matchup they wanted but Smith does what he was drafted by the Ravens to do, plays physical man to man coverage, jamming Crabtree up, and not allowing him to get a release and make a play on the EZ fade.

BALLGAME!

The goal line stand will go down in history, and the hero of it, IMO, was Jimmy Smith.

Re: jimmy smith's place in baltimore's history

If he can stay healthy, you know what you can have on your hands.

"When questioned, the Elders explained that they were in search of magical powers. However, they're actually searching for the whereabouts of a certain ring. This ring is a legendary treasure that long ago was known to exist"

Re: jimmy smith's place in baltimore's history

His play helps with being recognized as someone not to throw against. Or with a touchy feely referee he could be a DPI kind of guy. Refs let a lot of holding and pushing and shoving go without throwing a flag. Made it a good game, hope other refs take notice. I guess since the big teams didn't make it to the SB, the NFL said let them play.Wasn't a chance the NFL could have the refs decide the outcome of this SB.

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The guy has amazing talent. He is top 10 pick talent wise, but he just can't stay healthy. He didnt have that problem in college. He needs to play consistently and get reps if he is going to reach his potential. Next year will be big for him. Next year Graham and Webb are your likely starters with him and Chykie Brown in nickel and dime packages.

Because he wasn't a defenseless receiver as evidenced by his effort to turn up field and gain yardage before securing the ball. At that point he became a runner and helmet to helmet goes out the window.

My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging. -Hank Aaron

Re: jimmy smith's place in baltimore's history

Does anybody remember that one game captured by SoundFX where Jimmy was begging to play press because the refs weren't calling anything?

Gotta love foreshadowing.

This has been a meme on these boards for a while. This is not at all what happened in the clip.

In the clip, Jimmy Smith comments that he was pressing his receiver and it was working and they weren't calling anything. The D-Backs coach comments "Go ahead and keep pressing him at this point in the game"

That's it really. There was no complaining or "begging" as has been characterized by a lot of people on the board.